Hi,
my freeBSD 7.0 box is not connected to the internet (yet) and I would still like to telnet as root to it while I build it up and muck around. When I attempt to login at root from my PC, I get refused access. Is there anyway I can change the configuration on my FreeBSD box so I can telnet to it as root?

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Does restarting sshd from /etc/rc.d/sshd restart not read in those flag options?

Yes it does. From the man:

Quote:

The purpose of rc.conf is not to run commands or perform system startup
actions directly. Instead, it is included by the various generic startup
scripts in /etc which conditionalize their internal actions according to
the settings found there.

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